Alexandria, Va. – ABI’s 2025 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference is set to be held Aug. 25-27 at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, Calif. Experienced practitioners and regional judges will present information-packed sessions on a variety of topics, both business and consumer — ensuring that there is something for everyone. The conference will feature a Judges’ Roundtable Q&A with bankruptcy judges from the Ninth Circuit and across the country. The programming will also feature a luncheon plenary with mini debates on key bankruptcy issues. Attendees have the opportunity to earn 7.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.25 hours of ethics, in states calculating CLE on a 60-minute hour, and 9 hours of CLE credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics.

Program co-chairs for the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference are Bradley A. Cosman of Perkins Coie LLP (Phoenix) and Sasha M. Gurvitz of KTBS Law LLP (Los Angeles). Judicial co-chairs are Bankruptcy Judges Martin R. Barash (C.D. Cal.; Woodland Hills) and Hilary L. Barnes (D. Nev.; Reno). 

Timely topics for the panel sessions are as follows: 

• Judges’ Roundtable
• Newsworthy Bankruptcy Issues
• When Bankruptcy Is Too Expensive
• Financing Small Business Cases/Financial Concepts for Lawyers
• Liability-Management Transactions
• Bankruptcy Appeals
• Extraordinary Circumstances in Consumer Cases
• Luncheon Plenary: Mini-Debates
• Issue-Driven Venue Considerations/Getting Around Purdue
• Committee Issues
• Ethics: Corporate Governance/Independent Directors/Insider Representations

For a list of speakers and additional details about the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, please click here. Press looking to attend the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abi.org to obtain a press pass.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.